Tommy Miller (boxer)

Miller represented Scotland at international level and was the only Scottish boxer to win his bout at both the 1948 and 1949 White Cup against England.^[1] He was the 1948 and 1949 Scottish bantamweight champion and was the Great Britain reserve for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.^[2]

A colliery joiner by trade, living at Riddochhill Road, Blackburn, West Lothian, he won the 1949 ABA bantamweight championship.^[3] In March 1949, he received a suspensions from the Council of the Western District Association for failing to fulfil a match and a non-attendance at a subsequent meeting.^[4]

He represented the Scottish team at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, losing his first round match against eventual gold medal winner Johnny van Rensburg from South Africa.^[5]

Miller turned professional in the Summer of 1950^[6] and fought in 38 professional bouts.^[7]

Miller died on 1 April 1992, at the age of 62.^[8][9]